葡萄牙紧缩升级 削减公共假期
<p>葡萄牙的经济紧缩政策进一步升级，政府于近日宣布，自2013年起的五年内，公众将暂停享受4个公共假期。政府希望此举可以提高竞争力、刺激经济活动。此前，葡萄牙政府已经采取公共部门减薪和增税等措施削减预算赤字、应对经济危机。被削减的四个公共假期分别为11月1日的万圣节，基督圣体节（在复活节之后，与之相隔60天），10月5日葡萄牙共和国成立纪念日，以及12月1日葡萄牙脱离西班牙统治的独立纪念日。在选择要削减的宗教节日时，葡萄牙政府还特意征询了梵蒂冈天主教教廷的意见。</p><p><span word="Portugal">Portugal</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="austerity">austerity</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="scrap">scrap</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> 14 <span word="public">public</span> <span word="holidays">holidays</span>.</p><p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="festivals">festivals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="holidays">holidays</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="suspended">suspended</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2013.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Catholic">Catholic</span> <span word="festivals">festivals</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="negotiated">negotiated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Vatican">Vatican</span>.</p><p><span word="Portugal">Portugal</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="sector">sector</span> <span word="wages">wages</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="taxes">taxes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="budget">budget</span> <span word="deficit">deficit</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="a">a</span> 78<span word="bn">bn</span> <span word="euro">euro</span> <span word="bailout">bailout</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span>, <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Monetary">Monetary</span> <span word="Fund">Fund</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="review">review</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="suspension">suspension</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="holidays">holidays</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="competitiveness">competitiveness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="All">All</span> <span word="Saints">Saints</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="on">on</span> 1 <span word="November">November</span>; <span word="Corpus">Corpus</span> <span word="Christi">Christi</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="falls">falls</span> 60 <span word="days">days</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Easter">Easter</span>; 5 <span word="October">October</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="commemorates">commemorates</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="formation">formation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Portuguese">Portuguese</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1910; <span word="and">and</span> 1 <span word="December">December</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="Portuguese">Portuguese</span> <span word="independence">independence</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1640.</p>
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